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ELA 7
Parts of Speech Exercise 5
I can identify and explain the function of the parts of speech. (L 7.1)
Circle each of the pronouns used in the following paragraph. Then write them on the lines that follow.
There are 25 total. Rewrite the pronoun if it is used more than once.
1. Do you remember how you found out there was no Santa Claus?
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2. My memory of the scene is as clear as if it happened yesterday.
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3. Our holiday tradition included a visit from Santa himself, who joined the family in the living
room shortly after midnight.
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4. My sisters and I were always cautioned not to leave the living room or even peek out to get an
advance view.
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5. Santa would be displeased if he met any of us in the hall or in another of the rooms in the
apartment.
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6. On the night of my discovery, I risked a little snooping.
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7. As I stole back to my sisters in the living room, whom did I see in the kitchen but Uncle Jim,
adjusting a Santa beard.
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8. No one seemed to notice me. _____________________________________________________
9. A little while later, Santa rushed into the room, where everyone waited expectantly.
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10. Santa greeted each by name, distributed gifts to all, and gave me a knowing wink and a big hug.
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RCMS – ELA7-KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar, Third Course
“Exercise 4. Identifying Compound Nouns,” p. 348
rev. 09/15